. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ■ )(); tail ; bill (); tarsus I .:{.•{; niiddlf claw I.(i7. NorthAmerica, exceedingly abundant during the migration in tlie
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . ■ )(); tail ; bill (); tarsus I .:{.•{; niiddlf claw I.(i7. NorthAmerica, exceedingly abundant during the migration in tlie roedy swamps of the AtlanticStates, in August and September, wlirn tens of tliousands atr Uilld .• y.;ir. 858 SYSTEMA TIC SYNOPSIS. — PALUDICOLM — RALLI. from the Middle States and corresponding latitudes northward, less common on Pacific thanAtlantic coast; winters in Illinois, California, and Southern States, even to South America; taken in Greenland and Europe m^mi. Via. GOO. — Carolina Rail. (From Lewis.) The eggs are spotted like those of the foregoing lialli, but are readily-distinguished by theirstrong drab ground-color instead of thewhite or creamy andpale butty of the for-mer. They are rathersmaller than those ofIt. rirginianus, andperhaps more obtuse,measuring ubout ; the numberAaries from 8 to J is the Rail ofsportsmen. It is alsocalled sora or soree;the word is colloquialand local; soree seemsto be the older form;it is used by ThomasJefterson, and goesback to Catesby, 1731, but sora is commoner now, though I have always heard both spoken; origin and meaningunknown. The word ortolan has a curious connection with this .species. It is Italian andFrench, equal to the Latin Jiortulanus, relating to a garden: the true Ortolan is Emberizaliortulana, a European Bunting, esteemed a great delicacy by gourmets; and our Crake hasbeen called ortolan for no better reason than that it is also edible and sapid! The samename is freque
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